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ROOT’LA performance at Gioia quarry

Piedmontese artist Fabio Viale brings to Florence a colossal installation of 15 tons of debris and about 10 tons of marble sculptures. The installation is an extract of ROOT’LA Fabio Viale’s performance at Carrara marble quarries, created in the suggestive ravaneto of the quarries managed by the Cavatori Gioia Cooperative. The exhibition at Galleria Poggiali…

Uova di Peter Carl Fabergé

Gold, marble, precious stone eggs

An ancient tradition that has very distant origins, the Easter icon par excellence, the symbol of the birth of a new life. Gold, marble, precious stone eggs … objects of art that have gone down in history and still continue to fascinate today. The great master who deserves credit for having transformed the humble egg…

Camille Claudel Scultura

March 8, woman and sculpture

In memory of a great sculptor, Rodin’s pupil and muse Camille Claudel’s sculpture is little known especially in Italy. A great sculptor, pupil and muse of Rodin, who from a young age showed great talent in both drawing and sculpting. As a sculptress, she wanted to assert herself in a society that considered women to…

La Chiesa del Suffragio nel centro storico di Carrara

The Church of Suffragio

The Church of Suffragio is a Baroque work in the historic center of Carrara In the historic center of Carrara, at the end of Via del Plebiscito, stands the church of the Madonna del Suffragio. The church also called “Church of Purgatory” was originally intended for prayer for the souls of the dead In Carrara,…

Fountain of the Four Rivers - Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Fountain of the Four Rivers

Fountain of the Four Rivers is a marvelous sculptural work created between 1648 and 1651, commissioned by Pope Innocenzo X, by the sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain is located in the center of the famous Piazza Navona in front of the Church of Sant’Agnese in Agone by the architect Francesco Borromini. The…

colonnata piazza marmo bianco carrara

The Village of Colonnata

Located on the slopes of the Apuan Alps, the characteristic village of Colonnata develops upstream of the city of Carrara and is known worldwide for its lard, seasoned in the famous marble basins, and for its marble quarries. The origins of Colonnata date back to 40 BC when the Romans displaced here a first settlement…

michelangelo buonarroti pietà vaticana

The Pietà by Michelangelo

“Alla quale opera non pensi mai scultore né artefice raro potere aggiungere di disegno, né di grazia, né con fatica poter mai di finezza, pulitezza e di traforare il marmo con tanta arte, quanto Michele Agnolo vi fece, perché si scorge in quella tutto il valore et il potere dell’arte” (“To which work you never…

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Canova at CARMI

Last August at the (CARMI) Museo Carrara and Michelangelo of Villa Fabbricotti, the exhibition “Canova – Il viaggio a Carrara” was inaugurated. The exhibition offers an analysis of the relationship between the Neoclassical sculptor and the city of Carrara. On display are important works including 5 precious original plaster casts preserved in the plaster cast…

marmomac verona stand gualtiero corsi

MarmoMac 2019

The 2019 edition of MarmoMac Verona, which has just ended, is a great success for Gualtiero Corsi. The Company, also present this year at the world leader event for the lithic industry, presented a completely renovated concept stand divided into three areas: the “Stone” area, the “People” area and the “Tech” area to ideally emphasize…

MarmoMac 2019 stand

The 2019 edition of MarmoMac Verona began this morning, the world’s leading event for the lithic industry. We are present, this year also, with a completely renewed stand. The new stand is divided into three areas: the “Stone” area, the “People” area and the “Tech” area to emphasize the intertwining of history, tradition and evolution…